- Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's team épée
The men's team épée was one of four
fencing events on theFencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The event was won by the French team, who also swept the medals in the individual épée event.Medallists
The IOC medals database lists the fencers that competed for their teams in the semifinal round as medallists.
emifinals
Winners advanced to play for the gold medal, loser to eventual champion was sent to repechage.
ilver medal match
The winner took the silver medal, with loser receiving bronze. The final three individual bouts of the match were not played, as Belgium was then down by 4 and unable to tie up the contest. Under Rule 50 of the competition, the decision whether to continue or not was given to the Belgian team captainOfficial Report, p. 443] , who elected not to finish the contest.
Notes
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* De Wael, Herman. "Herman's Full Olympians": "Fencing 1908". Accessed1 May 2006 . Available electronically at [http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/fen1908.html ] .
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